Harmer Hill Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:The Red Castle, Harmer Hill - geograph.org.uk - 594717.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Red Castle public house, Harmer Hill (Closed for business 2018)
Coordinates:52.799°N -2.766°W
Official Name:Harmer Hill
Label Position:top
Civil Parish:Myddle, Broughton and Harmer Hill
Unitary England:Shropshire
Lieutenancy England:Shropshire
Region:West Midlands
Constituency Westminster:North Shropshire
Post Town:SHREWSBURY
Postcode District:SY4
Postcode Area:SY
Dial Code:01939
Os Grid Reference:SJ483226

Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury.

The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land. The village was home to two pubs, the Bridgewater Arms and the Red Castle; the Red Castle closed in 2018. There is a village hall and Presbyterian chapel with its own burial ground. Harmer Hill is said to be haunted, notably by a "White Lady".

Queen Mary's brother, the Marquess of Cambridge, lived at nearby Shotton Hall from after World War I until his death in 1927.[1] Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP, lives in Harmer Hill, which is in her North Shropshire constituency.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Death of the Marquess of Cambridge. The Shrewsbury Chronicle. 25 October 1927. 7. Obituary.
  2. Web site: Meet Helen . Helen Morgan . 17 December 2021.